yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 General] WettbackMartyr:
Hey there hold on a second! Don't start telling people who are learning here to flash cache and userdata images. JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, flashing userdata.img will wipe your apps and app data! All that needs to be flashed from factory images to get from 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 is the radio and system.img. That's it, Nothing else. Fastboot, flash, profit [emoji106]

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] jj14:
There is something going wrong...

I uninstalled XPosed changes (Uninstall from within the XPosed app), downloaded the OTA zip and the SuperSU zip to my phone, booted to TWRP recovery, and put the OTA and SuperSU zips in the queue, and flashed (as I have always done). TWRP indicated successful flash for both the files, but after rebooting, I couldn't find SuperSU in my app drawer. (I did have root - Titanium backup was working fine).

I went back to recovery, and tried to reflash supersu - went thru' successfully, but again, supersu wasn't in my app drawer.

I ended up installing it from the play store, and then, launched it, updated binaries/rebooted and all seems to be well. Not sure what caused the 'issue' though. Weird.
[Nexus 5 General] frazbox:
I'm trying to sideload the new update, and when I get to the recovery and type the command it says it cannot read update.zip. I installed the adb and fastboot file that is used to install factory images, and I am seeing an adb folder under the c:. is that where I am suppose to place the update zip?
[Nexus 5 General] WettbackMartyr:
the update.zip should be in the same directory that adb and fastboot are located in. Likewise you should open a command prompt in that directory as well (shift+right click in folder, open command prompt here)

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] TonyG916:
hope this fixes the terrible LTE coverage on sprint

the 4.4.3 update gave me weaker signals in houston for whatever reason. spark is not what it's cracked up to be
[Nexus 5 General] frazbox:
thanks! this was what I needed to do
[Nexus 5 General] Zyphur:
K, just finished going from 4.4.3 with 4.4.2 radio, stock rom + xposed, and franco 54, to 4.4.4 without losing any data.

Uninstalled xposed framework, flashed 4.4.3 radio, installed 4.4.4 in twrp. Easy :)
[Nexus 5 General] kalipedia:
Hi all - I hadn't tinkered with my phone in a long while and pretty much re-taught myself how to revert to stock manually and then applied the updates in order and now am on KTU84P. However, my 32gb nexus 5 is now showing as 16gb. Any thoughts on how to fix this?? Or am I the only one? Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] jssingh:
What the?

So I was stock rooted/TWRP (nothing else) before I applied this 2.5 mb update through Flashify. The flash patched my recovery and the root, and brought me down to factory stock on 4.4.4!

Just weird!

I should mention that I rooted using the TowelRoot guide and had kept my bootloader locked! Not sure if that would have made a difference!
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
That's not weird, that's expected
[Nexus 5 General] jssingh:
Aren't many folks been able to preserve their recoveries and their root (even if they have to flash SuperSU again)? What am i missing here?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Not flashing the ota. You'll lose root no matter what you do. But it is possible to flash parts of the factory image and retain your recovery
[Nexus 5 General] jssingh:
I see. Maybe my interprretation of #Scenario 2/Section B in the OP was incorrect then. Thanks for the clarification! I'll see if towelroot guide can get me back to rooted status again!
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Did you flash the ota zip in a custom recovery? If so the recovery should be preserved. If you flashed with something like flashify you do lose the custom recovery.
[Nexus 5 General] goraps:
I was stock Rooted 4.4.3. Flashed the OTA through TWRP. Kept Recovery but lost root. The first re-root through TWRP said it worked but when I installed the latest SuoerSu from play it said that it couldn't update the binaries so I went back to recovery flashed SU again, installed SuperSU from Play again and then it was able to update the binaries.

Weird but am rooted fine now.
[Nexus 5 General] Cyvasse:
I had flashed 4.4.3. OTA in philz recovery and lost recovery. I wouldn't say it's a general rule that you would preserve recovery if you flash OTA through it. But never mind, I am just saying
[Nexus 5 General] jagreci:
OTA zip

Is it normal after flashing the OTA zip through custom recovery and have a factory reset?
[Nexus 5 General] Chaya:
for me it went without problems with twrp
[Nexus 5 General] jblack41510:
need help

I am rooted supersu2.00 with twrp 2.7.1.1 on 4.4.3. only things I have done to my phone. I downloaded the ota zip and tried to flash it with twrp and it failed. so I went to section D2 on first page and flashed boot and system. still getting failed message.

anyony know why or what im doing wrong?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Re-download again. It may be a bad download. But I'd just flash the radio from 4.4.4 in fastboot. That's the only thing that's changed. You might want to flash system.img too
[Nexus 5 General] jblack41510:
so if I just flash the boot, and system from 4.4.4, would that be the same thing as a ota update?
[Nexus 5 General] jssingh:
The one time I use Flashify, I get bit by it.

I will say this though, I am having a hard time understanding the difference of flashing directly in TWRP vs. flashing through flashify which internally uses TWRP anyway. Care to explain further?
[Nexus 5 General] jagreci:
I went through CWM and then when asked to fix root checked yes then rebooted and when booted up was fully wiped. Wierd.
[Nexus 5 General] Moricon:
Thanks for this! Worked great. DL file. Renamed to OTA.zip. DL SuperSU. Put both on phone. Booted to recovery. Flash OTA. Flash SuperSU. Clear cache (not sure if I needed to since I use ART). Reboot. All good.! Have data. Have root.
[Nexus 5 General] crazycaveman:
Things have been kind of hectic today, but I do have it made. Just have to get it uploaded and then I'll post it :good:
[Nexus 5 General] khaledgomgoma:
need some help

stock , rooted , Xposed installed , CWMR installed , Custom kernel , Z2 dalvik and bionic ...... what steps should I follow :what:
[Nexus 5 General] wigginst:
Those having issues I was not able to flash until I remembered I had changed my dpi. Fixed that and then the update flashed in twrp with no issues and still had root after flashing supersu.
[Nexus 5 General] techno24x7:
I am currently using 4.4.3 with cwm and Francisco franco kernal

Can i directly flash system.img and boot.img of 4.4.4?
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Yes Sir, You can! :)

There is also a new radio in 4.4.4, so you might want to check out that as well ;)

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It will be a fools errand to go on with an OTA update in your situation. Flash the system, radio and boot.img and you will be all set! :)
[Nexus 5 General] ilanad:
ok this is a huge thread, so apologies if I missed the answer..

STOCK, Towelroot rooted, Stickmount and SuperSU Pro installed, that's all, is that scenario 1a??? :)

seriously, wait for the OTA? sideload ?
[Nexus 5 General] obionenairobi:
I need some help from the experts here :)

When I type adb devices I see the ID for my N5 but it is offline

The USB debugging is enabled

The device is currently connected via USB as camera because this is the only way my PC sees the device

When I connect as MTP it will not show up in my PC and the adb devices does not show any device

Don't know if this is important but I am running Windows 8.1

Not sure what is going on because not too long ago I did use adb to update to 4.4.3
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
If you have the stock recovery and without any system modifications then yes, scenario 1 should do the job.

If I were you, I would start troubleshooting by removing authorization from developer options then restarting the computer and your device and then connecting it once again and see whether it's ok or not.
[Nexus 5 General] WettbackMartyr:
Uninstall your drivers and follow the guide here on XDA for setting up adb properly for the nexus 5. The problem is that your computer only sees our as a camera. It won't work unless our sees it as and android adb device and mtp device.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] crazycaveman:
For everyone who gets an error message that says "{APP} has unexpected contents", I have created a flashable zip (244 MB) that will check all the same files as the OTA (and in the exact same way) and replace any that don't match with the version that was released with KTU84M. It will also check your modem, but won't make any changes to it; you'll have to flash manually in fastboot if you get a message that it is incorrect (the message starts with "EMMC:/"). You can flash this as many times as you want and can flash the OTA directly after flashing this. If you just want to see what is wrong, I have created another flashable zip that will not make any changes to /system but will list all the files that have been modified.

This is only for checking KTU84M.

DO NOT USE ON OTHER VERSIONS!

Just check your system files:

File: system_check_hammerhead_ktu84m.zip
[url=http://goo.gl/ESNUH0]Google Drive[/url]
[url=http://goo.gl/fYKyvn]MEGA[/url]
MD5: 79b54a842debb992d0ef03eb2d7bc661
Size: 192 kb

Check and fix your system files:

File: system_fixer_hammerhead_ktu84m.zip
[url=http://goo.gl/sZsjz4]Google Drive[/url]
[url=http://goo.gl/1z732L]MEGA[/url]
MD5: a80331b5406042e2212fa0fe3bfeaa30
Size: 244 mb

Standard disclaimer: I am not to be held responsible if this messes up your phone in any way. Make sure you have backed up your phone and have backups of your backups. I created it for myself and figured I'd share what I created to benefit others. Just because it works for me does not mean it will work for you. If an alien pops out of your phone or it suddenly implodes or you lose everything on it and have no backups is not my problem.

[MENTION=5849355]tonyafc[/MENTION] here you go!
[Nexus 5 General] obionenairobi:
I have uninstalled the drivers and now the Nexus5 is seen as MTP device. As soon as I switch on USB debugging it "dissapears"

Can you give me the link to the ADB guide?
[Nexus 5 General] aaronrw:
This thread is awesome first off. Very helpful. Thanks to the community for all the help and of course the OP. If I install the new radio from 4.4.4 am I good? I've read where the boot loader is the same as 4.4.3. And using slim ROM on 4.4.4 so that's all. TIA
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Just flash the radio in fastboot and you'll be good. Most ppl have been very happy with it
[Nexus 5 General] tonyafc:
Can anyone explain this to me why why my 4.4.4 easter egg has a picture of jelly bean?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Explain what?
[Nexus 5 General] BEDBOI2:
Update went smooth, but can I ask, just for curiosity, why didn't I lost custom recovery unlike others?

And also didn't got that error message that says "{APP} has unexpected contents"?

Maybe because I were in Scenario#2 and didn't used any toolkit?

Thank you!
[Nexus 5 General] tontiv:
i'm using method c and it doesn't work for you. might have something to do with me uninstalling other google apps (tv, newstand, books, drive ,etc) using titanium backup?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
If you uninstalled those apps it won't work. If flash the system and radio image files from the 4.4.4 factory image. Then you'll be updated
[Nexus 5 General] WettbackMartyr:
it's in the first section here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2507905

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] blakeslee14:
Update to 4.4.4 went smooth. Thanks for the walkthrough!
[Nexus 5 General] tonyafc:
Crazycaveman you are a legend, this zip is priceless.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] khaledgomgoma:
Thnx so much man;) , I uninstalled Xposed and then flashed system , radio and boot.img from 4.4.4 and after I booted up I found that root is gone so I flashed SuperSU in CWM and My Root is back again , after this I installed Xposed and all my tweaks are back again with all my setting's :cool:
[Nexus 5 General] Tia_93_:
Ok, here's my situation.

4.4.3 stock, rooted, Xposed, Franco Kernel, with CWM. I currently have a Mac. In recently hardbricked a Nexus 4 using the flashall.sh file, so I'm not so happy about using it again, but maybe I got something wrong with it, so I don't completely exclude that. I don't care if I lose everything, as long as I don't lose my phone. What should I do? Flash manually? What and whatnot? Do I have to erease something? Do I have to put ./ in front of the fastboot-mac command and that's it? (I downloaded the platform tool a few days ago from this thread and it contained also Mac commands, now it doesn't; do I have to update them somehow? Aren't they always the same? I mean, the adb and fastboot thing). Should I remove Xposed before flashing? What about the root? Here's the doubts I could think of at the time of writing, but after my last experience, I'd be very much careful, so I hope it doesn't bother anyone to repeat this to me one more time (as for the first post, I think I'm in special scenario D1, but that's labelled as not updated, so I wouldn't dare). Thanks a lot in general and to anyone who helps me. Thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] jordi_e:
Hello, need help here

just can't figured it out how the driver change its name to 'AOSP on hammerhead' while I go to recovery thru' adb, when device on screen it says nexus 5 like usual, so I can't connect it with adb sideload mode. Currently stock rom 4.4.3 without change anything (custom recovery installed)
[Nexus 5 General] WettbackMartyr:
see my response to another member on the last page regarding proper driver installation from another thread here on xda. your drivers are borked. delete them and reinstall from fresh. MAKE SURE YOU DELETE THE OLD ONES FIRST.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] mrakattack:
Downgraded back to stock recovery and kernel for the OTA as I'm not near a computer to sideload and I'm impatiently awaiting the OTA lol
[Nexus 5 General] jordi_e:
I already did delete the driver then reinstall it but it keep showing me the different driver, can you direct me to thread that discuss about driver installation issue or maybe you just provide me a link of same driver as yours :)
[Nexus 5 General] WettbackMartyr:
[MENTION=4510458]jordi_e[/MENTION] did you go to the link in my last post. It explains in depth instructions on an and driver installation. I don't mean to put you on the spot but I don't think you went looking too far for the answer because that link could have led you to 4...I repeat... FOUR... Different drivers to choose from and try. I use this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2513339 (I really don't mean to be harsh... I just want you to be able accomplish your goal and learn a little bit to.) "Give a man a fish and feed him for one day, teach a man to fish and he eats for life"

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] jordi_e:
[MENTION=4961182]WettbackMartyr[/MENTION] yeah got it bro, though that sometimes people just have not much time to doin some research or they just gave up for what they're working to, maybe they just wanna find out is there a kind of people (community) who can help them to get rid of it instantly (with some of luck), thanks for the link buddy really appreciate it

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] WettbackMartyr:
[MENTION=4510458]jordi_e[/MENTION] glad I could help :)

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] ColdFire InOx:
Do I really need stock kernel for this? I don't want to lose all my data and apps... :(
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Yes, you need stock kernel. You won't lose your apps and data. Just flash the stock boot.img in fastboot.
[Nexus 5 General] Crappyvate:
Everything you need to know is clearly explained in the OP, PLEASE READ IT :crying:. Uninstall Xposed from within the apk, fastboot flash stock kernel. And yes use ./ (execute command) before fastboot, adb, etc... You will probably lose your custom recovery (since you're using CWM) and will need to re-flash it in fastboot as well reflash SuperSU from your custom recovery!

You may want to read this too http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
[Nexus 5 General] ColdFire InOx:
Won't flashing the ota.zip make me lose my data?
[Nexus 5 General] Rxpert:
Not unless you wipe it
[Nexus 5 General] _jordan_:
Can anyone confirm that only the Radio and System are new?

Thanks!
[Nexus 5 General] WettbackMartyr:
Yes. From 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 that's correct.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] _jordan_:
Cool thanks!!
[Nexus 5 General] skaterpunk:
link

for some reason the link for the 4.4.4 ota isn't working for me?
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Here you go: http://d-h.st/Xd0
[Nexus 5 General] :
You sir, are a saint....with the patience of a monk. ?
[Nexus 5 General] greeneyez15o:
Can someone help me, i tried flashing thru twrp but in the last second i get an error in wallet :( i have stock kernel twrp recovery no exposed
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
What error do you get? Do you use wallet
[Nexus 5 General] greeneyez15o:
Dont have wallet apk
[Nexus 5 General] El Daddy:
That's your problem. Read the OP everything is there to fix it.
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Then that's the problem. Install it from the play store. Then see if the ota works.
[Nexus 5 General] greeneyez15o:
Tried no luck
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Installing it from the playstore will make it a user app instead of a system app, right??

Push the wallet.apk to /system/app/ or /system/priv-app/, fix permissions and then apply the ota! Also make sure that you've not done any other modifications on system files.

If I were you, I would go with dirty flashing the stock 4.4.4 flashable rom or flashing the system, radio images via fastboot!
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Then you have a couple of choices. You can flash the system.img from 4.4.3 in fastboot then try the ota. Or just flash the radio and system images from 4.4.4 in fastboot and be updated. I'd chose the latter.
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
OTA 444 update -> Custom Recovery now dead

Just updated from 443 with 444 OTA (via link in OP). I flashed via custom recovery (PhilzTouch6 6.15.4 custom recovery (CWM 6.0.4.7).

On reboot Android launched normally, Settings > About Phone reports Android v. 4.4.4, and apps appear to behave (limited testing)

However, from the bootloader menu (which shows fastboot mode, secure boot -enabled; lock state - unlocked) when I choose Recovery Mode, I then observe a small android icon (lying on its back) with red triangle with exclamation mark.

So it appears the OTA update killed my custom recovery install. Reading the OP I did not see that this would be an issue (scenario B).

What is the suggested method to proceed/rectify?

I assume I have to re-install a custom recovery via ADB?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Fastboot flash your custom recovery image
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
I tried that. Observing error:

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: image is not a boot image)

See

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53606868&postcount=724
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Those are zip files. You need the image file, *.img. I use twrp, Google nexus 5 openrecovery image file. Use that
[Nexus 5 General] FunDionysus:
Thanks for the info. Successfully installed TWRP.

Been using PhilzTouch on all my Android devices. So now with TWRP recovery installed I can install the zip.

Next time I'm skipping the OTA and instead go with the rooted stock ROM.
[Nexus 5 General] Crappyvate:
You can try this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53569431&postcount=2040

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Seems that people using CWM lose it after updating to 4.4.4 but TWRP seems un-affected. Just need to re-install in fastboot ;)
[Nexus 5 General] greeneyez15o:
Thankyou , this works !!!!!
[Nexus 5 General] Tia_93_:
Didn't mean to make you cry, I'm sorry :) I wasn't so sure where I would fall as of scenarios in the OP. So after what you told me to do, I'm waiting for the OTA or flashing the zip from recovery or what else? I'm sorry I didn't get that part.

Thank you.
[Nexus 5 General] filthygoat223996:
Hi, a quick questions, what is the directory to adb pull the entire sdcard?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
adb pull /sdcard
[Nexus 5 General] filthygoat223996:
Now its saying the remote object /sdcard does not exist
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
You pulling from recovery? Which recovery? Cwm is weird. If cwm try /data/media or /data/media/0
[Nexus 5 General] A1ps:
Oh oh! What would happen if I were to update using Option B... having forgotten to uninstall Xposed Franework???

:confused:
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
It'll just fail to install. It won't hurt anything
[Nexus 5 General] A1ps:
Oddly enough, the update has just finished and even though I forgot to uninstall Xposed FW the 4.4.4 install went through glitch free!

I'm currently regaining consciousness!!!
[Nexus 5 General] mouitjskh:
section B step 3

Hey i'm new to all this so i'm a bit confused on section b, I've uninstalled xposed and I've got the OTA.zip and booted into the recovery then it says "Flash the OTA just like you would a ROM." I've never actually flashed any ROM before so I haven't got a clue what to do? and also will I lose root and any data?

Thanks in advance :good:
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Do you have a custom recovery? If so go to install and find the ota zip. If you have the stock recovery go to install from sdcard. You will lose root but no data

Oops, been awhile since I used stock recovery, you need to use the sideload with adb
[Nexus 5 General] sheetz:
Just got the 4.4.4 OTA
[Nexus 5 General] risktaker84:
This is seriously getting annoying now. I have Complete 4.4.3 Stock ROM rooted with SuperSU and Xposed Frameworks.

I followed the instructions of uninstalling the frameworks and then rebooting to TWRP and then dirty flashing the small update file but I keep getting the Failed message. Idk what I am doing wrong here. Any help will appreciated thanks.
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
To save yourself some frustration, just flash the system and radio images from the 4.4.4 factory image in fastboot. You'll be updated then.
[Nexus 5 General] gauthier81:
I just got my Nexus 5 two weeks ago. Still haven't rooted it. Bone stock. Still no OTA yet! Shouldn't make a difference that I got it through Rogers should it? Just thought I would have got the update for 4.4.4 by now :confused:
[Nexus 5 General] WettbackMartyr:
nope! a nexus 5 is a nexus 5. doesn't matter where it comes from, its updated by Google [emoji4]

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] gauthier81:
Ya that's what I thought. Maybe I am the only one left waiting lol
[Nexus 5 General] Crappyvate:
ota rollout is kind of random...patience!
[Nexus 5 General] paumlhp:
So, I'm on 4.4.3 rooted with custom kernel, do I have to flash stock kernel from which rom in order to install OTA? 4.4.3 or 4.4.2?
[Nexus 5 General] Crappyvate:
here just for you: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47369234&postcount=1

if you're on 4.4.3 then stock kernel for 4.4.3

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btw [MENTION=962867]El Daddy[/MENTION] it seems this update does not check for modification to system files? I forgot I had made some changes to some .xml files and while the 4.4.3 update checked and failed when it encountered mods 4.4.4 went through no problem!
[Nexus 5 General] El Daddy:
Yeah this was a much smaller update than the last. I haven't tore it apart but, it's likely many of the /system files weren't patched. That's why you didn't have an error as the file you modified was left alone.

As a rule of thumb it's always best to have a stock /system because you won't have any issues. :)
[Nexus 5 General] vispo60:
hi

i'm in stock 4.4.3, xposed installed, twrp multirom recovery, unlocked bootloader and custom kernel (franco)

how can i update to 4.4.4? can i uninstall xposed framework and install update via twrp? or do i have to flash stock boot image before? i'm so confused...

thanks